Frauds

Appearing at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court, the eccentric former solicitor-advocate is accused of failing to notify the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of a change in his circumstances and dishonestly making statements about his physical capacity.

https://www.legalcheek.com/2019/01/lord-harley-appears-in-court-to-face-charges-of-benefit-fraud/

A Rosyth mum has been jailed for a benefits scam which gained her almost £90,000.

https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/17345391.rosyth-mum-jailed-for-90000-benefit-fraud/

As more marketing budgets flow towards digital and away from broadcast, the industry will continue to be vexed by online ad fraud – where the number of advertisement clicks and impressions is artificially inflated in order to generate more revenue.

http://www.cityam.com/271135/brexit-ad-fraud-and-metoo-does-future-year-hold-marketing

The three, who apparently were eyeing as much as £300,000 in insurance money when they set the struggling Hinckley Road shop on fire, were found guilty not only of conspiring together to commit insurance fraud but also of multiple murder

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/kidnap-ransom-terrorism/three-found-guilty-in-leicester-blast-insurance-fraud-119831.aspx

Adapting techniques from the criminal forensic field was helping tackle food fraud in the supply chain, offering consumers confidence in the provenance of goods.

https://www.fginsight.com/news/news/innovation-in-agriculture-tackling-food-fraud-in-the-supply-chain-76644

Fraud on contactless cards now accounts for more than half of debit and credit card crime, as criminal push the £30 PIN-free limit to the max.

Simon Atkinson, Lamborghini racing driver and Hemel Hempstead-based company director, has been sent to jail this week for tax fraud.

https://www.motoringresearch.com/car-news/lamborghini-racer-jailed-tax-fraud/

London-based accountant Paul Manley has been banned for 12 years after the Insolvency Service found he had helped one of his clients defraud creditors of £1.65m

https://economia.icaew.com/news/december-2018/accountant-banned-for-role-in-1-65m-fraud#.XB0CLY50TyQ.twitter

An investigation carried out by City of York Council has uncovered a serious case of Council Tax fraud worth almost £6,000.

https://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/2764706/york-man-sentenced-for-council-tax-fraud/#.XBxUD9cwBXI.twitter

Police have made six arrests as part of an investigation into a suspected pension scheme fraud that has conned victims out of £18m.